Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The eleventh commandment was "Thou Shalt Compute" or "Thou Shalt Not Compute" - I forget which.
Alan J. Perlis
All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer.
IBM Manual, 1925
Software isn't about methodologies, languages, or even operating systems. It is about working applications.
Christopher Baus
In software systems, it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
Alan J. Perlis
Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
Alan J. Perlis
Why did the Roman Empire collapse? What is Latin for office automation?
Alan J. Perlis
Sex is fun, but it probably doesn't solve all your problems.
Larry Wall
The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there.
Gordon Bell
If our customers wanted a product that worked that way, tell them to purchase a product that works that way.
Anonymous
You can't eliminate problems, but you can make trades to get problems that you prefer over the ones you have now.
Eric Sink’s Axiom of Software Development